Between Urban and Rural: Sustainability of Small Towns in the Czech Republic

Vaishar, Antonín; Zapletalová, Jana; Nováková, Eva

doi:10.1515/euco-2016-0025

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“…The gap between prosperous metropolitan areas and shrinking regions with rapid population loss was widening [25]. Although these small towns lost their inhabitants, infrastructure, and political influence, they were still the center for the surrounding villages [26]. Neither small towns were immune from the negative effects of globalization.…”

Section: A Theoretical Framework Of Small Towns Shrinkagementioning

confidence: 99%

Small towns shrinkage in the Jilin Province: A comparison between China and developed countries

Yao

Liu

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Urban shrinkage is currently spreading at global level. At the same time, the scale of urban shrinkage is not limited to urban agglomerations, metropolitan areas, or big cities, but begins to expand to a vast number of small towns. Over the years, the characteristics, models, and mechanisms of shrinkage in large cities have attracted the attention of scholars; however, the problem of shrinkage in small towns has not been fully discussed. In China, small towns are located at the margins of cities and are the first part of the countryside; hence, they are the link and the bridge between urban and rural areas, and a space carrier to solve the diseases of big cities and for rural rejuvenation as a whole. However, in the process of rapid urbanization, some small towns have experienced urban shrinkage, mainly through a decline in township enterprises and the deterioration of the living environment, which has restricted their role in coordinating the spatial support of urban and rural development. Therefore, a correct understanding of the shrinkage of small towns has considerable theoretical and practical guiding significance. We focused on the towns of the Jilin Province as the research unit, and combined township population, economy, land use, and employment indices to establish an urban shrinkage index, identifying the status, spatial distribution, and influencing factors of small towns shrinkage in the Jilin Province. Moreover, we analyzed the similarities and differences of small towns shrinkage between the Jilin Province and developed countries. The results show that small towns shrinkage in the Jilin Province shares similar characteristics with developed countries, as well as important differences in aspects such as population migration, low-level industrial structure, and administrative division adjustments.

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Section: A Theoretical Framework Of Small Towns Shrinkagementioning

confidence: 99%

Small towns shrinkage in the Jilin Province: A comparison between China and developed countries

Yao

Liu

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Europe is characterized by a relatively dense network of small towns, which play a vital role in national settlement systems, especially on connecting rural environments and large cities [37,38]. For example, more than 13,000 small towns exist in Germany, occupying nearly 70% of the total population.…”

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Characteristic Development Model: A Transformation for the Sustainable Development of Small Towns in China

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In recent years, the construction of small towns in China has faced many challenges, hindering the sustainable development of small towns. This paper proposes that the traditional development model of small towns no longer meets the current demands, and it urgently needs updating. In the past two years, there has been an increase in the construction of characteristic small towns in China. This is a good beginning for the transformation development of small towns and would bring new opportunities. However, some problems have developed. One example is the emergence of the “blind town”, which means the governors cultivate a featured town blindly without objectively considering the reality of that area. These decisions have a negative impact on the future sustainable development of small towns. Therefore, the governors need to consider the basic conditions of the area, perform a scientific assessment, and present a clear cultivation strategy. This paper presents a preliminary scientific method for the characteristic development mode of small towns with “explore characteristic–evaluate characteristic–nurture characteristic” as the main line, which would be conducive to the characteristic transformation for the steady and sustainable development of small towns in China.

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“…However, since the vast majority of these areas are neither bustling highrise metropolises nor agricultural, sparsely populated lands (cf. Dijkstra et al 2013;Dymitrow 2014;Vaishar et al 2016;Hamdouch et al 2017;), a syllogistic (deductive) error known as the undistributed middle arises. Still, these prototypical members influence our conception of 'rural/urban' as categories, when we select our case studies, when we reach for theory, when we explain phenomena, when we devise policies, and when we wonder why some problems remain insoluble (cf.…”

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The concept of ‘rural’ as a psychosocial process: From concept attainment to concept unlearning

Dymitrow

2019

Quaestiones Geographicae

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Realising that human geography has been defined less by its canonical works but rather by its canonical concepts, the current status of the concept ‘rural’ puts a question mark over progress in human geography in terms of how well we have been able to adapt knowledge to reciprocate with societal change at large. As one of the oldest geographical concepts still in widespread use, ‘rural’ stands in stark contrast to the immense changes encountered by the society during the last century, let alone decades. And while this problem has been approached both empirically and philosophically, not enough stress has been put on the cognitive and sociological processes that have governed the attainment and retention of ‘rural’ in science, and beyond. In this vein, the aim of this paper is to provide a structured argument for facilitating a view of ‘rural’ less as a geographical space and more as a concept purportedly thought to define such space by way of inculcation.

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Between Urban and Rural: Sustainability of Small Towns in the Czech Republic

Cited by 32 publications

References 24 publications

Small towns shrinkage in the Jilin Province: A comparison between China and developed countries

Small towns shrinkage in the Jilin Province: A comparison between China and developed countries

Characteristic Development Model: A Transformation for the Sustainable Development of Small Towns in China

The concept of ‘rural’ as a psychosocial process: From concept attainment to concept unlearning

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